Researchers think there are now around 7.7 million animal species living on Earth, with thousands more discovered every year.

A study on wild baboons finds they fail the mirror test, raising new questions about self-recognition in animals.

The new year kicked off with a busy month for local news in Chicago. Did you keep up with the headlines? Take our January news quiz to see how much you know.

The January 6 committee and records: Trump repeated his false claim that the House select ... the committee was deleted is not even close to true. While there has been a long-running dispute ...

To any question you can ask ... realignments” holding for only brief periods before collapsing. What’s true for politics appears to be true in other areas, too: everything is seemingly ...

With the eyes of the world and the eyes of history upon him, would the new president deliver an honest inaugural address? Of course not. By Steve Benen I can say with confidence that I’ve seen ...

People often say outdoor animals need a shelter and a blanket, but Bagley says that’s not necessarily the case. “It is true in a way, because if that animal is used to having a blanket or a ...

In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about ...

In his inaugural address, Donald Trump thanked Black and Hispanic communities for their votes and invoked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose federal holiday Trump shares with the day of his second ...

But with this, people either question whether it's true or just don't want to talk about it. It's such a taboo subject; our circle of family and friends is much smaller because of it, which has ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery. Here are the leading arguments that fuel both ...